Friday, June 1, 2012

mamaw!

"ta-da!"

mamaw helped us find this treasure at a garage sale, and then helped us put it together more than a few times.  :)

giving minnie mouse a drink at lunch with mamaw at the pink house (tea house).

i thoroughly enjoyed a date with my mama - good food and pedicures!  ahhhh.

mamaw was here for more than a week, and we all loved having her!  sadly, these are the only pictures that we got, but we packed as much as we could into her days here.  the hubs and i even got to spend an afternoon out for our anniversary.  thanks for everything, mama!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

he can see clearly now...

the week before we went to florida, we noticed that thing 1 was having some trouble with his left eye crossing.  he's always had a little bit of eye crossing here and there, but this was more - and it was bugging him.  so, we took him in and learned that he's very far-sighted.  his poor lil eye muscles were just getting tired from straining to see.
he was a trooper!  no complaints about getting his eyes dilated, and the doc was super with him too.  the disposable sunglasses they gave us as we left were a hit as was the treat from cherry berry:
we got the glasses from eyemart, and so far we're really happy with them.  1 yr warranty on anything that happens, other than losing them.  and, they can have them ready in a couple of hours.  we got there late enough in the day that we ended up going back the next day, but it still seemed pretty fast to us!
he can see TONS better, and we're so glad.  he spent the first couple of days checking everything out, and it was so fun to watch.  of course, it would've been more fun to avoid the whole thing, but we're so impressed with how much the glasses have helped.  no crossed eyes, and a boy who is willing to try lots of things he drug his feet on before - putting his shoes on, buttoning his pants, reading books by himself.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

sea world

dolphins and false killer whales

enjoying the show and some cotton candy!

 
feeding the stingrays:



where we watched the real killer whales:


 
r & a, n8, and e are in the front row:

the L's!  ta-da!!
the fishy carousel, and 2 sweet cousins

the whole family on friday evening after an AMAZING cirque du soleil show - la nouba.

it's always so nice to spend days on vacation with our family!
the kiddos are still asking every day "today, can we go to mickey mouse's house?"

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

disney world - animal kingdom

the whole gang, except for gram since she's behind the camera

 

lunch with the characters at the tusker house restaurant in animal kingdom:
the food was amazing, and the kids loved the characters. =)

a most delicious mickey mouse ice cream treat!
back at the villa, dinner all together and stories with papa!